English
Etymology
From Middle English baptistery, baptisterie, from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion); equivalent to baptism + -ry.
Pronunciation
Noun
baptistry (plural baptistries)
- (Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.
- An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion.
Translations
space where a baptismal font is located
- Bulgarian: баптисте́рий m (baptistérij), кръщелня f (krǎštelnja)
- Catalan: baptisteri m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 洗禮堂 / 洗礼堂 (xǐlǐtáng)
- Czech: baptisterium n
- Danish: dåbskapel n
- Dutch: baptisterium (nl) n, doopkapel (nl) f
- Esperanto: baptisterio
- Estonian: baptisteerium
- Finnish: kastekappeli (fi), baptisterio (fi)
- French: baptistère (fr) m
- Old French: baptisterie f
- Galician: baptisterio (gl) m
- German: Baptisterium (de) n, Taufkapelle (de) f, Taufkirche f
- Greek: βαπτιστήριο n (vaptistírio)
- Hungarian: keresztelőkápolna (hu), baptisztérium (hu)
- Italian: battistero (it) m
- Japanese: 洗礼堂 (せいれいどう, seirei-dō)
- Korean: 세례당 (seryedang)
- Latin: baptistērium
- Macedonian: крстилница f (krstilnica)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: baptisterium n, dåpskapell n
- Polish: baptysterium (pl) n
- Portuguese: batistério (pt) m
- Romanian: baptisteriu (ro) n
- Russian: баптисте́рий (ru) m (baptistérij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: баптистеријум n, баптистериј m, крстионица f
- Roman: baptisterijum n, baptisterij (sh) m, krstionica (sh) f
- Slovak: baptistérium n
- Slovene: krstilnica (sl) f
- Spanish: baptisterio (es) m
- Swedish: baptisterium (sv) n, dopkapell c, dopkyrka (sv) c
- Tagalog: binyagan, bawtisteryo
- Turkish: vaftizhane (tr)
- Ukrainian: баптисте́рій m (baptystérij)
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